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“Thrift Shop” is at the top of the French singles chart for the fourth consecutive week for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz in its sixth week in the top 10 (13,100 sales / -4%). There is a new contender for the top spot as “Stay” climbs eight places at number two for Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko in its third week in the top 10 (9,500 sales / +73%). Will “Stay” be Rihanna‘s fifth number one in France ? Stay tuned.

In its 13th week in the top 10, it’s down one place at three for will.i.am featuring Britney Spears with “Scream & Shout” (7,300 sales / -12%). There is no move at four for Adele‘s “Skyfall” in its 20th week in the top 10 (7,200 sales / -8%), the song was at the top for six non-consecutive weeks in November and December.

“One Day / Reckoning Song” falls two at number five for Asaf Avidan & The Mojos in its 22nd week in the top 10 (6,500 sales / -18%). After 19 consecutive weeks inside the top five, PSY‘s “Gangnam Style” slips one place at six (6,000 sales / -20%). It’s also down one at number seven for Bruno Mars with “Locked Out Of Heaven” in his 13th week in the top 10 (5,900 sales / -11%), his “When I Was Your Man” is up 60 at number 71 in its third week in the top 200.

“Get Up (Rattle)” stays at eight for Bingo Players featuring Far*East Movement in its third week in the top 10 (5,000 sales / -11%). After a four-week absence, “People Help The People” is back inside the top 10 as it’s up two places at nine for Birdy (4,600 sales / +2%), the song reached number seven in January. In its 21st week on the chart (all of them in the top 10), Rihanna‘s “Diamonds” falls three at number ten (4,600 sales / -25%).

One song drops out of the top this week. The candidate from the French version of the TV show “The Voice”, Olympe is down a massive 23 places at 32 with “Born To Die” in his third week on the chart.

The Lumineers are close to the top 10 as “Ho Hey” climbs eight at number eleven in its 13th week in the top 200 (3,700 sales). Justin Timberlake gets the highest new entry of the week at number 15 with “Mirrors” (3,200 sales), his “Suit & Tie” (featuring Jay-Z) is up 22 places at 45 in its fifth week on the chart, it entered the singles chart at number eight.

Even if it was released on 17th February, “One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)” is new at 17 for One Direction (3,000 sales), the song is only their second top 20 hit, “Live While We’re Young” was number 20 in October 2012. This week’s UK number one, “I Could Be The One” gets its peak position as it climbs two at number 22 for Avicii vs Nicky Romero in its seventh week inside the top 200.

Big 2012 hits are back in the top 40 thanks to candidates from different TV talent shows. “We Are Young” is up 30 places at 23 for fun. featuring Janelle Monáe in its 48th week on the chart, the song spent five weeks in the top 10 and reached number seven in October. “Somebody That I Used To Know” climbs 59 at number 40 for Gotye featuring Kimbra in its 60th week in the top 200, it was at the top for nine consecutive weeks in April and May.

This week’s US number one, Baauer is the third new entry inside the top 40 at number 34 with “Harlem Shake”.

“Black City Parade” enters at the top of the French albums chart for Indochine with 75,615 sales. It’s their fourth number one album in the 21st century, after “3.6.3” (for two weeks in January 2004), “Alice & June” (for two weeks in December 2005 and January 2006), and “Hanoi” (for one week in February 2007). Indochine‘s last studio album “La République Des Meteors” entered at two in March 2009 behind Les Enfoirés with bigger sales (82,529 physical copies sold), but opening with 75,615 sales is remarkable for the singer Nicola Sirkis who is the only remaining member of Indochine whose debut album “L’Aventurier” was released in… November 1982.

“Génération Goldman” stays at number two in its 13th week in the top 10 (17,735 sales / +0.2%). In his sixth week in the top 10, “Millésimes” is back up two places at three for Pascal Obispo (12,200 sales / -5%). There is no move at number four for the compilation “NRJ 200% Hits 2013” in its second week on the chart (10,700 sales / -22%). Another compilation, “NRJ Music Awards 2013” falls two at five in its eighth week inside the top 10.

“Places” is up one at number six for Lou Doillon in its ninth week in the top 10 (9,217 sales / +17%). Birdy spends a 14th week in the top 10 as her eponymous debut album is back up four places at seven (8,900 sales / +34%). In his third week in the top 10, Asaf Avidan is up one at number eight with “Different Pulses” (8,000 sales / +18%).

Last week’s number one, La Fouine falls eight places at nine with “Drôle De Parcours” in his second week on the chart (7,358 sales / -75%). Tal‘s “Le Droit De Rêver” is down four at number ten in its 11th week in the top 10 (7,200 sales / -17%).

Two albums drop out of the top 10 this week. After 14 consecutive weeks inside the top 10, Céline Dion slips three places at 11 with “Sans Attendre” (7,200 sales / +2%). The compilation “Piou Piou Dance Party 2013” falls four at 14 in its second week on the chart.

“Holy Fire” is a new entry at number 22 for Foals with 4,674 sales, “Antidotes” was at 84 in March 2008, and “Total Life Forever” reached number 38 in May 2010. Thanks to TV exposure, The Lumineers are up a massive 144 places at number 37 with their eponymous album in their fourth week inside the top 200 (2,400 sales). It’s also a very good week for Serge Lama, his album “La Balade Du Poète” climbs 49 at number 38 in its 11th week on the chart, it reached number 32 in December.

“Temper Temper” is not (for the moment) a third top 50 album for Bullet For My Valentine as it’s new at 51, “Scream Aim Fire” was at number 38 in February 2008, and “Fever” reached number 25 in May 2010. The soundtrack from “Les Misérables” enters at a rather low number 81.

It’s a third consecutive week at the top spot for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz with “Thrift Shop” in their fifth week in the top 10 (13,700 sales / +12%). Apart from that song, we can notice that old songs rule the singles chart. “Scream & Shout” is back up two places at number two for will.i.am featuring Britney Spears in its 12th week in the top 10 (8,300 sales / +2%), the song was number one three weeks ago.

In their 21st week in the top 10, Asaf Avidan & The Mojos slip one place at three with “One Day / Reckoning Song” (7,900 sales / -23%). Thanks to the 2,400 physical copies sold (she’s only at number nine in the downloads), Adele is up two at number four with “Skyfall” in her 19th week inside the top 10 (7,800 sales). It’s the same story (he’s at ten on the download chart and sold 2,800 physical copies) for PSY who is down two at number five with “Gangnam Style” in his 20th week in the top 10 (7,500 sales).

In its 12th week in the top 10, “Locked Out Of Heaven” slips one place at six for Bruno Mars (6,600 sales / -15%). There is no move at seven for Rihanna‘s “Diamonds” in its 20th week in the top 10 (6,100 sales). It’s up one at number eight for Bingo Players featuring Far East Movement with “Get Up (Rattle)” in their second week in the top 10 (5,900 sales / +9%).

Last week’s highest new entry, the candidate from the French version of the TV show “The Voice”, Olympe jumps from 13 to 9 with “Born To Die” (5,795 sales / +66%), it was the first time the song was available for the entire week. Rihanna‘s songs don’t move in this week’s top 10 as “Stay” (featuring Mikky Ekko) is still at number ten in its second week in the top 10 (5,500 sales / +28%).

One song drops out of the top this week. Emeli Sandé falls from 8 to 13 with “Read All About It (Pt. III)”, the song spent eleven weeks in the top 10 and reached number seven in November and December.

Birdy‘s songs have been very present on the TV show “The Voice” last week, so “People Help The People” is back up five places at eleven (4,500 sales), her “Skinny Love” climbs 16 at number 22 (2,400 sales), it was number two in June 2012. Thanks also to “The Voice”, “Sois Tranquille” re-enters at 42 for Emmanuel Moire (1,500 sales), the song reached number 21 in October 2012.

Booba gets his fifth top 20 hit this as “T.L.T.” is the highest new entry at 16 (3,200 sales). He entered only two weeks ago inside the top 10 at number seven with “A.C. Milan” which falls 14 places at 39 this week.

The four DJs of C2C have been the big winners of this year’s “Victoires De La Musique”, and we can notice that on the singles chart. Their former number one (for one week in September 2012) “Down The Road” climbs back 15 places at 26 in its 55th week inside the top 200 (2,100 sales), and “Happy” (featuring Derek Martin) is up ten at number 37 (1,700 sales).

La Fouine enters at the top spot of the French albums chart with “Drôle De Parcours”, the album sold 19,140 physical copies and 10,579 downloads for a total of 29,719 copies. “Drôle De Parcours” is La Fouine‘s fifth top 10 album and second number one, after “La Fouine vs Laouni” which was at the top during the week ending 20th February 2011.

There is no change at number two for “Génération Goldman” in its 12th week in the top 10 (17,700 sales / -17%). The compilation “NRJ Music Awards 2013” slips two places at three in its seventh week in the top 10 (14,700 sales / -41%). There is another compilation in the top five this week as “NRJ 200% Hits 2013” is new at number four with 13,700 sales.

A former chart-topper (three weeks ago), “Millésimes” is down two at five for Pascal Obispo in its fifth week in the top 10 (12,900 sales / -29%). It’s also down two places at six for Tal with “Le Droit De Rêver” in her 10th week in the top 10 (8,638 sales / -19%).

There were “Les Victoires De La Musique” (The French Music Awards) on Friday 8th, and Lou Doillon took the trophy of the best female solo artist, so her debut album “Places” is back up 27 at number seven in its 23rd week on the chart (7,880 sales). “Places” spends its eighth week in the top 10 and reached number three in September. It’s not the same story for the best male solo artist as Dominique A re-enters at a modest number 109 with “Vers Les Lueurs” (753 sales), the album was number seven in April 2012.

In her 14th week in the top 10, Céline Dion slips two places at eight with “Sans Attendre” (7,068 sales / -11%), the album has sold 638,085 copies so far. Asaf Avidan falls four at number nine with “Different Pulses” in his second week on the chart (6,800 sales / -24%). The compilation “Piou Piou Dance Party 2013” enters at number ten with 6,800 sales.

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. After 13 weeks in the top 10, Birdy is down three at 11 with her eponymous debut album (6,630 sales / -3%). Emeli Sandé falls four at number 13 with “Our Version Of Events” after just one week inside the top 10 (5,945 sales / -10%). Adele‘s “21” is down five places at 15 after 88 weeks in the top 10. This week’s big faller is Justin Bieber who is down 32 at number 39 with “Believe Acoustic” in his second week in the top 200 (2,200 sales / -69%).

As they took four trophies at the “Victoires De La Musique”, the four DJs of C2C are back up 23 places at number 12 with “Tetra” in their 23rd week on the chart (5,963 sales). In the week ending 9th September 2012, “Tetra” entered at the top spot, that was also the week when Lou Doillon‘s “Places” was new at three. Shaka Ponk won the live act trophy, and “The Geeks And The Jerkin’ Socks” climbs 11 at number 28 in its 71st week on the chart (3,100 sales).

“Thrift Shop” spends a second consecutive week at the top of the French singles chart for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz in its fourth week in the top 10 (12,200 sales / +26%). It’s incredible : in their 20th week inside the top 10, Asaf Avidan & The Mojos get their peak position this week as “One Day / Reckoning Song” climbs three places at number two (10,200 sales / +32%) thanks to TV exposure and the release of Asaf Avidan‘s album.

There is no change at three for PSY with “Gangnam Style” in his 19th week in the top 10. It’s down two at number four for will.i.am featuring Britney Spears with “Scream & Shout” in their 11th week in the top 10 (8,100 sales / -7%). “Locked Out Of Heaven” slips one place at five for Bruno Mars in its 11th week in the top 10 (7,800 sales / +1%).

Adele stays at six with “Skyfall” in her 18th week in the top 10, the song was number one for six non-consecutive weeks in November and December. Another former chart-topper (for three weeks in September and October), Rihanna‘s “Diamonds” is back up one place at seven in its 19th week in the top 10. Emeli Sandé is also up one, her “Read All About It (Pt. III)” spends its 11th week in the top 10 at number eight (5,800 sales / +29%).

Bingo Players climb two places at nine with “Get Up” in their fifth week on the chart (5,400 sales / +23%). It’s up seven at number ten for Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko with “Stay” in their 10th week in the top 200 (4,300 sales). “Stay” is Rihanna‘s 15th top 10 hit in France.

Two songs drop out of the top 10 this week. “Nightcall” falls seven at number 17 for Kavinsky. It’s a bad week for Booba, his “A.C. Milan” is down 18 places at 25 in its second week on the chart (2,100 sales / -69%).

On 2nd February there was the return of “The Voice” on French TV channel TF1, and one candidate Olympe impressed the viewers so much that his version of “Born To Die” enters at number 13 with 3,500 sales. Lana Del Rey‘s original version re-enters at 31 with 1,700 sales, the song reached number 13 in February 2012.

There has been a “NRJ Music Awards”‘ effect on the singles chart this week. “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” climbs 23 at number 18 for Taylor Swift in its 25th week in the top 200 (2,800 sales), it’s only her second top 20 hit after “Love Story” which was number 14 in July and August 2009. It’s a very good week for Taylor Swift as her “I Knew You Were Trouble.” is up a massive 47 places at 33 (1,700 sales). “Kiss You” gets its peak position this week as it climbs 23 at number 36 for One Direction in its fifth week on the chart (1,600 sales). In his second week in the top 200, M. Pokora is up 32 places at 46 with “Le Jour Qui Se Rêve” (1,400 sales).

There are also interesting new entries on the chart this week. “Crise De Nerfs” enters at 48 for Psy 4 De La Rime (1,400 sales). “Turn Around” is new at number 52 for Conor Maynard featuring Ne-Yo, it’s Conor Maynard‘s first hit in France. “Heaven” is a low new entry for Depeche Mode at number 71 (1,000 sales). Depeche Mode had four top 10 hits, “Enjoy The Silence” reached number nine in April 1990, “I Feel You” was number five in March 1993, “In Your Room” was at ten in January 1994, and “Wrong” also reached number ten in April 2009. Carla Bruni enters at number 86 with “Chez Keith Et Anita” with 800 sales.

So after the 2013 ceremony of the NRJ Music Awards on 26th January, the compilation “NRJ Music Awards 2013” is logically back at the top spot as it’s up one to spend a fourth week at number one in its sixth week in the top 10 (25,000 sales / +30%). “Génération Goldman” is down to two with 21,200 sales (-20%), the album has sold around 592,120 copies in its eleven weeks on the chart.

Pascal Obispo stays at number three with his best-of album “Millésimes” in his fourth week in the top 10 (18,100 sales / -1%). “Millésimes” has sold around 77,700 copies so far. It’s a new peak position for Tal as “Le Droit De Rêver” is up one at number four in its ninth week in the top 10 (10,664 sales / +28%).

Asaf Avidan gets the highest new entry of the week at number five with “Different Pulses” (8,900 sales). “The Reckoning” gets its best charting position as it climbs four at number 26 for Asaf Avidan & The Mojos in its 17th week on the chart (2,900 sales), so it’s not a bad week at all for him. After 12 consecutive weeks in the top five, Céline Dion slips two places at six with “Sans Attendre” (7,905 sales / -20%), the album has sold 631,017 copies so far.

Justin Bieber has the other new entry inside the top 10, his “Believe Acoustic” enters at seven (7,200 sales). It’s Justin Bieber‘s third top 10 album, “My Worlds” was number four in March 2010, and “Believe” reached number three in June 2012.

It’s up one place at eight for Birdy with her eponymous album in her 13th week in the top 10 (6,863 sales / +40%), the big gain in sales can be explained by her presence in the NRJ Music Awards ceremony. Emeli Sandé was there too, and for the first time “Our Version Of Events” is inside the top 10 as it climbs ten at number nine in its 47th week on the chart (6,598 sales / +82%). Adele‘s “21” is down four places at ten in its 88th week in the top 10 (6,200 sales / -3%).

Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week. After one week in the top 10, the soundtrack of “Django Unchained” slips four at number eleven (6,100 sales / +3%). “O Filles De L’Eau” is also down four places at 14 for Nolwenn Leroy (5,261 sales / +15%), the album spent eight weeks in the top 10 and reached number five in December. After four weeks in the top 10, Bruno Mars falls seven at number 15 with “Unorthodox Jukebox” (5,214 sales / +4%).

In its 48th week in the top 200, “L’Apogée” is back up two places at 12 for Sexion D’Assaut (5,700 sales / +38%). “Caméléon” is a non-mover at 16 for Shy’m in its 32nd week on the chart (4,961 sales / +21%).

“Get Up!” is new at number 13 for Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite (5,600 sales). It’s Ben Harper‘s 11th top 20 album in France, “There Will Be A Light” was number one for two weeks in September and October 2004 for Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama, and “Lifeline” was at the top for one week in September 2007 for Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals. Last week’s highest new entry, Jake Bugg‘s eponymous debut album falls 14 at number 25 (3,270 sales / -27%).

In its third week in the top 10, “Thrift Shop” takes the top spot of the French singles chart as it climbs three places for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz (around 9,700 sales). After just one week at the top, “Scream & Shout” is down to number two for will.i.am featuring Britney Spears in its 10th week in the top 10 (around 8,700 sales).

Thanks to the physical sales (he’s only at eight in the downloads), PSY stays at three with “Gangnam Style” in his 18th week in the top 10. Bruno Mars is back up one at number four with “Locked Out Of Heaven” in his 10th week in the top 10 (around 7,700 sales). In its 19th week in the top 10, it’s also up one place at five for Asaf Avidan & The Mojos with “One Day / Reckoning Song” (around 7,700 sales). After 16 consecutive weeks in the top five, Adele falls four at number six with “Skyfall”.

The highest new entry is at seven for Booba with “A.C. Milan” (around 6,700 sales), it’s his second top 10 hit, “Caramel” reached number ten in September 2012. In its 18th week on the chart (all inside the top 10), Rihanna‘s “Diamonds” slips one at number eight (around 6,600 sales).

In her 10th week in the top 10, Emeli Sandé is up one place at nine with “Read All About It (Pt. III)” (around 4,500 sales). As it was sung by a candidate in the TV show “Nouvelle Star”, “Nightcall” climbs ten at number ten for Kavinsky (around 4,400 sales). It’s the song’s second week in the top 10, it also reached number 10 in the week ending 19th February 2012 !

Two songs drop out of the top 10 this week. “WatiBigAli” is down five places at 14 for Big Ali featuring Wati B. After only one week in the top 10, “Suit & Tie” falls a massive 31 places from eight to number 39 for Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z.

Bingo Players are up two at 11 with “Get Up” in their fourth week on the chart (around 4,400 sales). In its sixth week in the top 200, it’s up six places at 15 for Youssoupha featuring Ayna with “On Se Connaît” (around 3,300 sales).

As the singles chart registers sales from Monday to Sunday, we can already notice changes provoked by the “NRJ Music Awards” which were on TF1 on 26th January. “Girl On Fire” is back up six at number 16 for Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj (around 3,200 sales), the song reached number five in November. Carly Rae Jepsen climbs eleven places at 24 with “Call Me Maybe” (around 2,100 sales), she was at the top for 11 non-consecutive weeks from June to September 2012. “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” gets its peak position as it’s up 18 places at 41 for Taylor Swift (around 1,400 sales). Emeli Sandé is back up 87 at number 43 with “Next To Me” (around 1,400 sales), the song was number 18 in July 2012.

In their 10th week on the chart, The Lumineers are up eleven places at 23 with “Ho Hey”. It’s also for a good week for Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton with “Freedom”, the song taken from the movie “Django Unchained” climbs 12 at number 28 in its second week on the chart.

“Les Contraires” is new at 34 for Zazie (around 1,600 sales), it’s taken from her new album “Cyclo” which will be released on 18th March. Solange is also new at number 38 with “Losing You” (around 1,500 sales), it’s her second top 40 hit after “I Decided” which reached number 28 in November 2008.